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TRAUSLATIOl~

Tolegrnm to the President f r om Generali ssimo Chiang Kai- shek,

Chungking, December 24 , 1941

Ur . President:

The Chinese Government end people wish to express

their whole-hearted support of your pr oposed conference

of American, Briti eh , Chinese and other representatives ,

We vent ure to offpr the opinion that a Supreme All i ed

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War Council should be est abli sh E-d forthr1ith in 1'/a, hing-

ton for the speedy forri!Ulet:!on of comprehensive war plans.

Thi s ~ill consti tute a concrete step on the part of the

nations of the democratic f ront to coordinate ano concert

their efforts egai ~ct the aggressor nations of the J~is ,

end will be a most effective f actor in bringin~ about the

early dest r uction of our co.mnon enemy .

For this purpose I have designated L1r . T. V. Soong ,

newly appointed Uinist er of Foreign Affairs , as the Chi ef

Delegate of China to suoh Conference or Supreme \'/ar C:>un-

c11 as you contemplate to set up in the i mmediate future,

and r equest you to be good enough to notify him t o parti -

cipat e in your deliberations on ell questions relevant to

the conduct of the war .

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Ill order w iJlaun ~\a coordl.natloyto.nd c~Uoc l.A our ~ ortort. ._.t..net. the 111..,., then 1a beiD& ute'blhbed • ·~ ce=cd.r t or ill llritbh, Dutch •!'ld .keriOIID !orc:.a l.A tb8 South•••'- Pac1tlc u..&ter.

'Die -.l.U.'bllit;T or • .allar ~or •u~t1YitiN o! t.U llm.U • ..S Po.,.r• !D 't.b4 C:hl.Axu the:>t.ar ·~· rtil!ent. "nth tteat.ar •• aua.,aat. obollld l.A1 tJ.&ll¥ 1ncl11Ue liUCb r»rt.ion of 'n-cil.And o.rd Int.-China a a DJJ'f becoae 'oeuuible t.o trOOI)II of tile !.ttitod ,•o,ertl, Ill •IZ'-1. wU h the ro~l'lallt..t.ina or til tlr ltieh end Dut.ch Cc:tu1"1\Nlnta, 1 dee! r. t.o •ucc••t. t.b• t. you ehoul4 undart.alte t.o UU"C1 .. 1\ICh _..nd .,..._. nll forcea ol \ba ~1tc4 Po.:ue wl\idl uoe DO'f'1 or •1 1D the future 'be operet.l.AIII 1D tb• Chi.nue tnuc.er.

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tbe ce=uaarttlrll would 'bo deal.reblo.

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December .301 1941.

MEIIORANDU~ FOR

THE SECRETARY OF STA'lB

l'OR YOUR INl'ORIUTIOH

F. D. R.

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FOR PRES I DENT ROOSEVELT.

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TELEGIWI FROII GE!IERAL CHIAIIG IAI- SIIF!X TO DR . T. V, SOONG, DATED JrulllUIIG , FEBRUARY 24th.

'I han oon•eyed to Wellinr;ton Ioo tM tollcnri.nr; inotruotlono r

"I proouao you ha•e oeen ~ farewell meoange to India . Please take thie

opportunity to tell Churchill that I aa pereonally ehocked bf t ho Indian military &nd

poll tical eituatlo.n whlch are in ouch a otate that I could n..,·ar conoeho ot be tore

I arri•ed in India. I .. afra id Churchill himoelt doee not know the reel oituation.

It may be beat t o talk to Crl ppe firot and for him to inf orm Churchill.

"I haYe tried to •iew tho colonial problea •oot objootiYely. I could not but

opeak frankly ot Wha t I thour;bt. But I feel otronr;ly that if the Indian political

problem io not immediately and urgently solYed, tho danger will be daily increaoinr;.

If the Britiob Go•ernment ohould wait until Japanooe planee bor;in to bomb India and

tho Indian morale collapooa, it would already be too late. It the oolution io poot-

poned until after the Japaneoe anoieo enter India, then It will be certainly t oo late.

If the Japaneoe should know of the real oltuation and attack India, they would be

Ylrtually unoppooed ,

"If the political eituation in India were to chanr;e for the bettor, tbio

may prevent the enemy from having any ambitiono to enter India.

"Pleaoe oonYoy tho above to Crlppo. Aloo point out that, in my opinion,

if tho Britiah Govor~~~aont ohould •oluntarUy r;i.,. the Indian• real power and do

not allow di fferent partiee 1n India t o eauoe oonfuoion, the Indiana would change

their attitude toward England, forgot their hard feelingl and become loyal to tho

Britioh Bapire. Only ouch a policy could halt tho Indian trend to part tram tbe

Britioh Empire and a&ko it obviouo tbtt it ia unpol1tic and dioadvanta,eouo to

eooede from the Empire.•

Pleuo oon•ey »:! Tiewo to the Preoident. In a word the danr;er 11 extr•e.

If the Br1tioh Goveraaent doeo not tund .. entally change their policy toward India,

it would be like prllentinr; India to the on-.y and iDYitinr; them to quickly occupy

India. When I think ot it I .. both worried end alaraed. Beoidea deluding thomaelveo

and doludinr; the people with tho belief thlt tblre io no i..ldiate danger , there 11 no

reali&ation that war io on and there il no detorainod opirit to tir;bt . Tho defeat 1n tor

Malaya wa• oo rapid, probably/•tmilar reaaona, and ae for military preparati on•, tho preoent Indian a111tary preparadneoo io Tory auoh behind even or tbat the Britioh bad

in lllal-:r a • 1

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MI NISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS RCPUBUC 0~ CHINA

February 26 , 1942

Dear Gene rAl Wat1on ,

I enoloae a letter ~or t he

Pre&! dent, which ycu I ave Hndly prcaioed to

delhe r to hi,., ,

With ki~dest r es a rds,

General Edwin M. Wataon The White Houao

Ynurs sinc~y, ~

V~~ T. v. Soong

-THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

Febru&J"Y 26, 1942.

VFJIOBAIDUJI FOR

DR. t. v. soo•a

Dear !. V. :-

Th•nk you. e•er ao aach tor

the ... aage rroa the Generaliaaiao.

I hope you ba•e a good

•1s1 t 1n Caned a. Let u mow m.

you 1et back.

F. D. B.

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WAR DEPARTMENT GENERAL STAPP'

ONRATtoHa DI VlatOH

WASHINGTON

April 24, 1942

ME!JORJ\NDU!J FOR MR . HOPKINS, l'iHITE ROUSE:

Attached heret o i s a suggested draft for a

reply ~ tho President to G~neralissimo Chiang Kai -shek.

Adciral King has not seen this draft , but

General Marshall has t entatively approved it .

Will you pl ease revise as you see fit and

return to oe as soon as possible in order that reply may 7C. "0(, ..... • '.!• .,...

be dispatched with least practicable delay. A

Inc . Draft of reply.

16 W.O. Q--4 t...... i---nonclT D. EISENHOi'IER

L!aj or General , Assistant Chief of Steff,

Ill~ £,0. 11662, Sec· S(El IUld 6(0) or (E)

l\lo1 a. 1972 OSD letter. MAR 2 BJ973

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Or . T. v. Soong, lliniotr or ro ... icn At lairs , Republic of China.

Dear Dr . soonaa

1l1ll 7t111 ~·• dispatch the !ollowini ••NG'J p,.,.pt],y

I hllve just rocei vod yoor special ..,.,,.so lulnded t o mo by

l)r , Soong and haoton to present t o you our position relative t o tho

1111tten set forth therein . F1rat, permit me to aq tbat I am acre

than gratefUl to you tor sending General l'.auins Shih-Pei, :eoting

whom has attordod 110 personally very special pleasure. His arrival

at thio time is not only most opportune, but he brines quol1tl.eations

which will inouro hie being of par tlcular help to our autuol causo,

As you know~ I have been, t or a lan; t.1aa:, resolutely

deterttd.nod that you and your a.rtiY are t.o han ovory assietanc;:e that

we can sand and tor that reason alone wo are etrainins every resource

to build up w1 th voat rapidity an a.,-ial supply U no over ten thoUB&nd

ailes ot di!ficult t],y1ng and cllrecUy acroe• tho Britiah theatre• of

aperat1ons in tho lliddle East. and Indian ()cOOll .[ Thoro bave been

disappointments t o you and to me . They bave occurred 1n spito or

anything wo ooul.d do~

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TM cnit.d States covernment iJI cq>loit.ins every poui-

b1l1ty to expedl.te the nO'If or Lond-Leaoe 11\lter:Uil.o to your arnol.es .

In a recent instance, we have taken artillery tr01 t.he small eo~~nte

in the handa ot our own troope in order to IOOI

Prior to ou.r entry into the War 1 a n\llber ot KS.aaicna were

establisheclin 'n'aahir1gton by democratic govormonte all over tho worl d

wld.ch had ent.red into Lond-Leaao av-u With \11 . To DO&t the

requieitione present.d by these l:daelone, the production e&po.city o£

the ~ted States t!len enYerted to nr purpoaeo woe tsxed to the

ll.mit, ond n retainod !or our """ \lie onl,y 1110ager trl\l.nin& o.l.lot

AOOillJliDento Board. The ~ted States ll!ld the United l(l.n!;dao are

the onocy powers ""o are in a position to diop

aa represent.ed in airpl&nea, lKUJlitioo:J, eb1pe, naval un1t:J, Md ot.her

resow-ceo . '!be swt prorides the ad:dniotr&tive uct.inery tllroush

which this supporting effort is coorclina ted and properly balanced

between the United States and the United Kinadao according to our

respective capacities. The exiatenco o! theae ca::abi.ned bodies does

not preclude deliberations with all other United !lations ret;ardins

pertinent otratel;ical situations . Quite the contrary. \Thile other

countries auct. as C&nllda or Russia are not reproocnted on tho Anglo-

J.o:erican Joint ll.&terial Staff, we have establiohed a definite ..,thocl

)'.ere in l[aoldngton !or )'andllng questiane that inYol.ve each Allied

country. 11/e have established a P&citie-,,ar Council, on wt.i ct. all

nations border ing on the P&c11'ie aro ropreoentsd. Ita n:01:1bora have

the taok or nu~s political-stratolic problems and reacbing

CCIIImOD e.grescaot. ccncerning t.bel:l. In aore t.eci.nica.l matters, rep:re-

sentatives or t he particular power concerned, 'llhether H is China,

Au.stralia, the Dutch E&at Indios , or New Zealand, coot with the

Chiefs of starr and not onocy present their apacial points o! view,

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DECLASSIFIED MAR 28 1973

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but participate in formulAtion of decieionll . I have been assured

by the united Steteo Chief of staff that no question concerning

your great country and its participation in this 'liar will be acted

upon, even on the teeh.nic:al l evel, without aecorclins to yo~ dis-

tinguior.ed ropresentotive full end ca:opleta opportunity for collabora-

tion on a coopletaly equal basis ,

on the polit ical l evel I have felt particularly for tunato

in havina Dr . T. v. Soong ao a m

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April 25, 1942

Lr . T. v. Soonc, Uinicter of For r i cn Affair~, J\e;,ublic of Chi na .

uear lJ1· . ~oong :

\•i ll ;rou dense c:isp

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in the an~v of our c1n tro~;. in •r er to ~Y.e cvoilr' l~ t'occ

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tr· ininr t..llotmcnts . On cccmt-cr 7, wo vtrt t I' r . •·t• ll ro

1- 1cC:i· tel,y obli 't'd to .i~ etch l!l\l.1itiont to ·ur o1.n "o ·c t in

c.ctive theatre~ 'nd to ;,e£in e ~ir,..in our o· n !''rccs to rf ~cwr t;. t+l.es tht.t llr.l t C" " · •l i !'" CN' t ·'

sudd~n and 11{ '' N.l, ·uirc:n nt for eeeontial :nu.,itione r nd co- clltd

u~ in ccrt•in intl< ncoo to cccure o ·uij:Cl ,.,. ·" !1\lftcturcd in l"C t

Dlt.Ln-.;lt!. D By Deput y Archt v! ot of

S£CftET40. J. Stmrt Ds te tho u.s. FEB 2 1972

:SECREl :: r!t~in for Cer ?~n c, tvrn ~ le both of ~~ contiru d to end

\ t ... rirl~ to thcr 1. itd u. r.. . Out o .. ~ t. if ::-it.u ... ion rev

th.t all sup~ics up lie~ ~;s they hnd in U. S. rodu~tion .

I !ear that there ~· cld.tt l. r:.tt ... r (

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....... I am enololi~ the dratte about whioh I ...

, talked to you on the telephone thi1 afternoon.

P. A.

THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF WASHINGTON

May 7, 1~2

K!DlORANDUJ4 FOR KR. HOPKINS

In view of the changed military aituation,

I do not think the message should go in ita present

form. The menage from the General1aaimo, however,

does seem to require an answer. I have taken a

ahot at a re-draft ot the attached message in

case yau desire to use it. I have talked to General

Eisenhower abaut it.

J~ HARRY

Dr, r. y, Soong, Kiniater ot Forei~ A£taira, Republic of China,

De&r Dr , Soong t

Will you please diapatch the following meesage promptly to

Generalieaiao Chiang E&i-ahek?

I/ I have received your apeoial JMaaage h&nded to me by Dr, Soong

which I have given my e&reful consideration,

Firat permit me to tell you that I am very gr&teful to you for

having aent General Hauing Sbih-Fei. The exceptional qualifieatiene

which he posaeaaaa make him particularly valuable to our mutual

cauae .

Aa you well kncnr, we have attempted to our utllloet power to build

an aerial aupply line to you directly aoroea Britiah theaters ot

operation in the 141ddle l&at and the Indian Ocean. rhia we have

done in the taoe ot an extr- ahort&ge of air tranaporta badly needed

by our own t r oope. We have taken purauit aircraft and artillery troa

our own toroee for eupply to you,

The recent chang•• brought about by en•IIY action ba'le u.de it

neeeeeary that our plana be reviaed to meat the rapidly changing

aituatian aa to your aupply fr-om ue, We are worki.ng with the aid ot

Dr, Soong to eatim&te the aupply poeaibilities and to effect neceee&ry

oh&ngu.

Prior to our om try into the W&r, a number of miuiona were ee-

t&bliahed in ll'&ahington by the Desooratio government• of the world

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requir-te ot th111 aiuiono • the procluotiCIIl oepaoi t:y ot the lhli tiel

8tet11 then oon.,.rtecl to War purpo111 •• tuecl to the lWt. &Del

11pon the out• 'break ot 1far. we wre ~ecliatel:y o'bliseel to 41•·

patch .unition• to our own foroee in aoti.,. theater• anel to e~ip

our troop• for the 1enn tir;htins that ..aot follow. 1'1111 brouPtt

about a euelelen and new re~re .. nt for eeeential .unitionl &Del

euppliu anel OOJIPillecl u1 in certeln ineta.noee to secure e~i~t

.anutactureel in Oreat Britain tor her own u1e, "tftile 'both ot u• con•

tinueel to oenel •teriah to other J.llhd PO'IIItrs . Out of thh oituation

srew the An,;lo-Aaerioan Joint Start • Iince. upon our 1n•htance. dl

oupplh• were to 'be pooled anel allooateel in accordance with the

s•neral 11 tua ti on.

I te&r that there -.y haTI srown up lOIII lllieunder•taa

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exiatenoe of thia Start cloea not preclude 4eliberationa with all

oth• UDitecl lat1ona repr41nc pertinent atratesical dtwr.tiona.

It operate• quite contrary to aucb a o011oeption. lihUe other

oountriel auoh aa Canacla or Ruoaia are not represented on the

Ant;lo-Aaerioan Joint llateriel Staff, w ban utabliabecl a

definite .. thocl here in Wuhinr;ton tor handline quutiona that in-

voln each Allied country. We ha.,.. utablhhed a Pacif'io lfar Coun-

oil with representation fro• all nationa borderinc on the Pacific.

Ita ~•bera have the taak of atu~c political-atretecio probl ...

• ttera rtpreaentatiTU of' the particular powerl concerned, whether

it be China, Auetralia, the Dutch Baat India a, or lin Zealand, 11101et

with the Chiefe ot Statf' and preaont their apecial pointa of Ti.,..

and participate in the torallatiCD of' deoiaiona. I ba.,.. been

auured by the United Statea Chief' or Start that no quutiOD ooo-

oerninc your illuatrioua country and ita participation in thil ll'ar

will be aoted upon without a ooordinc to your diati~abecl repreuctatin

full ancl oo.phte opportunity tor collaboration on an equal buh.

I ba.,.. f elt particularly tortwlate in baTinc Dr. !'. V. Sooac

aa a aeaber of' the Paoitio W&r Council, I aa deeply appreoiatiTe

ot the cnat auhtanoe he baa ciTeD ua ud hia oonatant reaclinua

with intor-.tion and adTioe,

I auure 7au wi tbout ruerTatice that our a ole ala l.ll thh 11ar

11 the defeat or the ~. wbiob will i llaure to both our people• a

riP,ttul peace. We will OOfttillUe to hold UIGCl& our prt.ary ob-

jectina the illtereata utioc.

Pranklb• D. Rooaenlt.

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THE W HITE HOUSE

WASH INGTON

FOR TH.O. Pl~IDENT ,, I ' '

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